One Piece (anime) (Advanced): Hachi gets shot by Celestial Dragon Charlos E396

💬 [を] marks what the action happens to. In lines like this, [魚人を] sets up "the fish-man" as the target, like [パンを食べた] for "ate bread."

💬 [しとめた] is the past form of [しとめる], used for taking down, finishing off, or capturing a target. It sounds much harsher than a neutral verb like [捕まえた].

💬 This drawn-out [え〜] is a character-sounding sentence ending, not the usual [え] meaning "picture" or "eh?". In anime speech it can make someone sound childish, spoiled, or sing-songy.

💬 Japanese often puts the target first and saves the action for the end: [魚人を] + [しとめた]. That pattern is very common, like [犯人を捕まえた] "I caught the criminal."

💬 [ハア〜] here is a long sigh, not the [はい] kind of "yes." The long mark shows it's stretched out for emotion.

💬 [撃たれて] is "being shot" in the [〜て] form, and [よかった] after it means "it was good that..." or "thank goodness...," not "wanted to be shot." [わ] at the end adds a personal, emotional tone.

💬 [〜てよかった] is a very common pattern for "I'm glad that..." or "thank goodness...". You can reuse it with other actions, like [会えてよかった] "I'm glad we could meet."

💬 [近づいて] is the [〜て] form of [近づく], "to approach" or "come near." In longer sentences, this form often links to what happens next, like [近づいて話した] "came closer and spoke."

💬 [でも] after a noun can mean "or something like that," not just "but." So [何か病気でも] is more like "some disease or something."